A story out today might lead readers to think a CSeries order from Austrian is imminent. Its not. We contacted Austrian and we were told “I am pleased to confirm that we achieved a framework-agreement with our workers council, so…
In the business of buying airplanes, an airline will always seek the lowest cost. Just as they do with every other production input – lowest cost wins every time. So how is it that with the pending Azul order, “Boeing…
Superjet celebrates its first anniversary of operations with Interjet. On September 18, 2013 the first SSJ100 entered into service with the Mexican airline. Up to the anniversary date, Interjet’s fleet logged over than 12,000 flight hours and 11,400 cycles. The…
The most brutal area of commercial aerospace is the single aisle market. Competition between Airbus and Boeing is fierce. So fierce that new entrants rightly fear the news these giants are going to increase production. The pool may be growing…
Overnight two deals announced by Republic Airways appear complex. Embraer: Lost a deal with Flybe in the UK for 20 E-175s and defers delivery on four. Flybe and Embraer agreed to reduce an outstanding deal for 24 E175s on order…
JAL announced two orders for regional jets. This may have been one of the quietest aircraft campaigns. In the first order, JAL and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation signed an LOI for 32 Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) aircraft, as the next-generation regional…